Alan Jones breaks down in tears over drought crisis and Scott Morrison interview
An emotional Alan Jones was reduced to tears on his television show as he described the struggles drought-stricken farmers are currently going through, while criticising Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the process.
The PM sat with Jones on his 2GB breakfast radio show yesterday morning where the shock jock interrogated him with questions regarding the action he’s taking to help desperate primary producers.
Morrison’s answers didn’t hold weight and the pair were embroiled in a tense exchange, garnering media attention across the country.
Addressing the incident on his Sky News program Jones & Credlin, Jones slammed the response that came out of Canberra, and in doing so, he cracked.
“The Prime Minister today on radio with me has disappointed millions of Australians,” he said.
“I begged him to provide fodder, water and freight so farmers wouldn’t have to send their breeding stock to slaughter. He just didn’t understand.”
The radio star spoke about a call he received from a farmer 10 minutes before he interviewed Morrison, in which the man began to cry about having to sell off his stock.
Jones then addressed a listener named Mary, who had contacted him and urged him to keep up the pressure on political figures.
“We will fight because I have been exactly where the people of Bourke are,” he said. “My old man would be ashamed of me if I didn’t fight. I can’t speak for Canberra …”
A clearly emotional Jones then struggled to speak, as he put his hands up asking to “take a break”.
“Look sorry about that,” he said when the show returned.
After taking a number of calls from angry listeners, Jones then delivered a stark warning to the PM.
“The Morrison government tonight has a massive political crisis on its hands. It can be solved, but it’d want to be solved in a hurry otherwise the political fallout will be terminal.”